Word: shows
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this end in view, he has rented a hall near the place where the workingmen live, and holds free discussions there every Thursday evening on such subjects as the tariff, trade-unions, convict and Chinese labor, the eight hour system, and strikes. These meetings are well attended, the men show considerable intelligence, and after a little while are able to argue very well. He has, besides, regular classes in political economy, where he reads and talks to those who are interested enough to come. The men in these classes study simple books such as "Fawcets' Manual," and also have access...
...amount produced by the laborer. It is said that when wages are 35 cents a day in Germany and $1.50 here, without a tariff we should be undersold by pauper labor. But time wages are of no importance. The question is, which labor is cheapest for the manufacturer? Statistics show that the highest wages are the cheapest, and that low wages are the most expensive. A shoe which costs the employer 38 cents here costs the German manufacturer 80 cents, owing to the difference in the skill of the laborer. A maker of gunny-bags here found that he could...
...fourth annual dog show of the New England Kennel Club will be held in Mechanics Hall, Boston, from April 3d to 6th. The entries for the show close on the 19th of this month...
...race at New London next June. If every man would save a certain sum-more or less, according to his means-which he would otherwise spend uselessly, and devote that sum to the University Crew, we are sure he would never regret it. Now is the time to show what stuff Harvard men are made of; to show that they are not mean, nor stingy, nor, worst of all, indifferent; to show to Yale and other colleges that if money is needed by Harvard organizations money will be forthcoming, even if it does take a little self-sacrifice and denial...
...resources of Canada are great, but as yet undeveloped; the amalgamation of its population and that of United States easy; their feelings, languages and religions similar, and the fertility of Canadian soil in raising grain ought to prove its value. For the negative, G. A. Reisner, '89, proceeded to show the inconsistency of his opponent. He maintained that the characteristics and institutions of the Canadians totally opposed those of United States; they would be unwilling to be annexed without war, and, even in case of annexation without one, the political interests of our country would be injured. For the affirmative...